Title 36, Public Health and Safety

A. The state registrar shall amend the birth certificate for a person born in this state when the state registrar receives any of the following: 1. Except as provided in subsection D of this section, an adoption certificate or a court order for adoption required pursuant to secti…

A. The state registrar shall create and register a state of Arizona certificate of foreign birth for an adopted person who satisfies all of the following: 1. Was born in a foreign country. 2. Is not a United States citizen. 3. Has gone through a completed adoption process in a fo…

A. If a child is reported missing to a law enforcement agency in this state, that agency shall notify the state registrar in the state of the child's birth. The notification shall include the missing child's name, date of birth and county of birth. B. If the state registrar is no…

A. From and after December 31, 2021 and except as provided in subsection I of this section, the state registrar shall provide to an individual a copy of the individual's original birth certificate that has been sealed due to an adoption and any evidence of the adoption that is he…

A. The director of the department shall establish the fees to be charged for searches, copies of registered certificates, certified copies of registered certificates, amending registered certificates and correcting certificates that are processed by the department. The director m…

A. The vital records electronic systems fund is established consisting of monies collected pursuant to section 36-341. The director shall administer the fund. The director shall use fund monies for costs associated with the vital records automation system. B. Fund monies: 1. Do n…

A. The state registrar may provide information contained in vital records to persons, including federal, state, local and other agencies, as required by law and for statistical or research purposes. B. Except as authorized by law, a local registrar, a deputy local registrar or th…

A person who has knowledge of information relating to a birth, death or fetal death must provide this information to the state registrar on request.

A. A person is guilty of a class 1 misdemeanor if the person: 1. Knowingly makes a false statement in a certificate or record required to be filed pursuant to this chapter or in an application for an amendment of a certificate or who knowingly submits false information intending …

A certificate registered pursuant to this chapter and rules adopted pursuant to this chapter is prima facie evidence of the facts stated in the certificate.

A. The director shall provide safe, secure and permanent preservation of vital records. The director shall comply with preservation requirements, including the resolution necessary for authentic reproduction, established by the Arizona state library, archives and public records p…

A. In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Accredited health care institution" means a health care institution, other than a hospital, that is currently accredited by a nationally recognized accreditation organization. 2. "Accredited hospital" means a hospital…

A. This chapter and the rules adopted by the director pursuant to this chapter do not authorize the licensure, supervision, regulation or control of: 1. The remedial care or treatment of residents or patients in any home or institution conducted only for those who rely solely on …

Nothing in this chapter shall prevent counties or municipalities from adopting and enforcing building and zoning regulations for health care institutions which are equal to or more restrictive than regulations of the department.

A. Information received and records kept by the department for the purpose of administering this chapter are available to the public except: 1. Information obtained for purposes of articles 4 and 5 of this chapter. 2. Personally identifiable medical information or any information…

A. The director shall adopt rules to establish minimum standards and requirements for constructing, modifying and licensing health care institutions necessary to ensure the public health, safety and welfare. The standards and requirements shall relate to the construction, equipme…

A. Health screening services shall be conducted in the following manner: 1. Health screening services shall be conducted under the direction of or, when required by good medical practice, under the supervision of a physician. 2. Any diagnosis of collected health-related data shal…

The department shall allow a person who is employed at a health care institution that provides outpatient behavioral health services, who is not a licensed behavioral health professional and who is at least eighteen years of age to provide outpatient behavioral health or other re…

A. The director shall establish by rule standards for memory care services for assisted living facilities that are licensed to provide directed care services. B. The director shall establish by rule minimum training standards for memory care services for staff and contractors who…

A. The department shall license and monitor the operation of health care institutions to ensure compliance with this chapter. B. The department and the Arizona health care cost containment system shall coordinate to review monitoring and compliance functions to identify areas of …

A. In addition to its other powers and duties: 1. The department shall: (a) Administer and enforce this chapter and the rules, regulations and standards adopted pursuant to this chapter. (b) Review, and may approve, plans and specifications for construction or modification of or …

A. A person shall not establish, conduct or maintain in this state a health care institution or any class or subclass of health care institution unless that person holds a current and valid license issued by the department specifying the class or subclass of health care instituti…

A hospital shall provide notice of its visitation policy to a patient or the patient's representative. If a hospital's visitation policy allows in-person visitation of any kind and if authorized by the patient or the patient's representative, the hospital must facilitate the abil…

A. If a health care institution's visitation policy allows in-person visitation of any kind, the health care institution must allow a clergy member to visit a resident who requests an in-person visit or consents to be visited in person for religious purposes by the clergy member,…

A. A hospital shall develop a visitation policy that allows a patient to have daily in-person visitation by a designated visitor of the patient's choice, which may include the patient's spouse or one parent or child of the patient. A hospital's policies regarding visitation shall…

Notwithstanding section 36-407, subsection A and if allowed by an assisted living center or an assisted living home, an individual who does not receive supervisory care services, personal care services or directed care services may live with a resident in the assisted living cent…

The department of health services shall not require any reports from health care institutions to be filed more frequently than annually unless such filings are otherwise required by state or federal law or result from necessary processing of applications or requests filed by such…

A. The department shall perform all necessary functions, including licensing, certification or monitoring, to implement federally approved standards for institutions, facilities, agencies or persons providing services pursuant to chapter 29, article 2 of this title. These functio…

A. The department shall establish an annual joint training session between supervisors, compliance officers and investigators who perform duties related to section 36-409 and each of the following: 1. Skilled nursing providers. 2. Assisted living providers. B. The purpose of the …

A. The director shall provide counties with nonbinding guidelines for their use in establishing contract standards for adult foster care providers that do not provide services pursuant to chapter 29, article 2 of this title. These nonbinding guidelines shall include standards for…

A. Except as provided in subsection F of this section, as a condition of licensure or continued licensure of a residential care institution, a nursing care institution or a home health agency and as a condition of employment in a residential care institution, a nursing care insti…

A. An adult residential care institution subclass that is authorized to provide recidivism reduction services may employ recidivism reduction staff who are exempt from the requirements of section 36-411, subsection E to assist in the delivery of recidivism reduction services. B. …

The department shall not adopt any rule that prohibits an administrator of a nursing care institution from employing a person who is sixteen years of age or older, who provides direct care to residents and who otherwise meets the requirements of section 32-1645.

A. The department may adopt rules to prescribe minimum standards for training programs for nutrition and feeding assistants in licensed skilled nursing facilities, including instructor qualifications, and may grant, deny, suspend and revoke approval of any training program that v…

A. The health services licensing fund is established consisting of monies deposited pursuant to sections 30-654, 32-1308, 32-2805, 36-405, 36-765.05, 36-766.06, 36-851.01, 36-882, 36-897.01, 36-1903, 36-2063 and 36-4204. The department of health services shall administer the fund…

A. A hospital that is licensed pursuant to section 36-422 may allow a registered dietitian or other qualified nutrition professional to order diets, enteral feeding, nutritional supplementation or parenteral nutrition if authorized by medical staff pursuant to 42 Code of Federal …

A. The results of a department state compliance survey of a nursing care institution, assisted living center or assisted living home or a federal certification survey of a skilled nursing facility may not be used in an advertisement, unless the advertisement includes all of the f…

A licensed behavioral health residential facility that provides services to children, that contracts with the federal government and that receives only federal monies shall report to the department of health services within twenty-four hours after an actual or alleged event or si…

A. If a foster child who is in the care, custody and control of the department of child safety is approved for placement in a behavioral health facility licensed pursuant to this chapter, the behavioral health facility may not deny or refuse placement of the foster child if, subj…

A. For an unemancipated minor who is not under juvenile court jurisdiction pursuant to section 8-202, a provider may not implement a do-not-resuscitate order without communicating with at least one of the minor's parents or the minor's legal guardian. The communication must inclu…

A. Each health care institution and the health care institution's respective employees have an affirmative duty of care for their residents as prescribed in subsection B of this section. B. Each health care institution: 1. Shall initiate cardiopulmonary resuscitation in accordanc…

A. Each health care institution shall develop and administer a training program for all staff regarding fall prevention and fall recovery. The training program shall include initial training and continued competency training in fall prevention and fall recovery. A health care ins…

A. A health care institution may not charge an intake, consultation, facility or other fee to a patient as part of a medical or forensic interview or examination for which the county is required to pay pursuant to section 13-1414. B. A health care institution or health care provi…

A. Not later than July 1, 2023, health care employers shall develop, implement and maintain a written workplace violence prevention plan that does all of the following: 1. Includes components that are specifically tailored to the conditions and hazards of the health care employer…

A. An assisted living center or assisted living home that contacts an emergency responder on behalf of a resident shall provide to the emergency responder a written document that includes all of the following: 1. The reason or reasons the emergency responder was requested on beha…

A. The director may continue to pursue any court, administrative or enforcement action against a licensee even if the health care institution is in the process of being sold or transferred or has closed. B. The department may deny an application for a health care institution lice…